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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 04:19:47 +0200
From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
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Cc: "Timothy T. Smith" <tim@v-com.com>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: using sysinstall to add ports?
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Jim Mock wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 at 19:29:09 -0700, Timothy T. Smith wrote:
> > First let me say, that I usually just run the make in the skeleton
> > of the port I'm interested and normally that's about it.
> >
> > But, I decided to use Sysintsall this time round.
> >
> > Hmmm. Bad choice?
> >
> > Well, I go through to try to install a port (via FTP) and it
> > certainly looks like it's downloading something and doing a pkg_add
> > and all, but after all is said and done I have nada.
> >
> > Looking at the ports menu, there is an X that marks the port. So,
> > something thinks it's installed. But I certainly can't find it. No
> > tarball to be found. Running make, it wants to download the tarball
> > again.
> 
> Correct, it's a _package_ being installed, not a port.. two separate
> animals =)
> 
> > Maybe I don't understand what's supposed to be happening when I use
> > Sysinstall to install a port. I tried pouring through the site, but
> > couldn't find anything to really describe the process. Just a lot
> > about using pkg_add, which I haven't needed to use...yet.
> 
> You're not installing ports through sysinstall, you're installing a
> package.  It's doing everything it's supposed to do, just not what
> you're expecting =)
> 
> > So, in reagard to Sysinstall to install a port....
> >
> > 1. What's it really do?
> 
> Installs the binary package, not a port.
> 
> > 2. How can I verify that it really did it?
> 
> Run what you installed.
> 
> > 3. What am I expected to do afterwards?
> 
> Run what you installed.
> 
> > 4. How can I tell what ports are REALLY installed?
> 
> ls /var/db/pkg

or pkg_info -Ia

Also, check man pages for pkg_info(1) and pkg_add(1).

Cheers!
/Palle


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